(12) The table below is the Titanic mortality table.   Men Women Boys Girls TOTAL Survived 332 318 29 27 706 Died 1360 104 35 18 1517 TOTAL 1692 422 64 45 2223 If I randomly select someone who was aboard the Titanic, find (a) P(I picked a man)  (b) P (I picked a man, GIVEN I picked someone who died) (c) Are the events "I picked a man" and "I picked someone who died" independent? Answer "Yes" or `"No" and explain why.

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(12) The table below is the Titanic mortality table.

 

Men

Women

Boys

Girls

TOTAL

Survived

332

318

29

27

706

Died

1360

104

35

18

1517

TOTAL

1692

422

64

45

2223

If I randomly select someone who was aboard the Titanic, find

(a) P(I picked a man) 

(b) P (I picked a man, GIVEN I picked someone who died)

(c) Are the events "I picked a man" and "I picked someone who died" independent? Answer "Yes" or `"No" and explain why.

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